Evan P NadlerDivision of Pediatric Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USAJ Am Coll Surg 209:638-44. 2009

..We hypothesized that LAGB in obese adolescents would result in loss of android fat mass, resolution of comorbidities, and improvement in metabolic status...

Management and outcomes for children with pyloric stenosis stratified by hospital type

Julia B FinkelsteinDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USAJ Surg Res 158:6-9. 2010

..The issues of access to and utilization of the healthcare system by infants and children is less well documented. Moreover, the impact on outcomes of race, ethnicity, and economic status in infants is vaguely addressed...

..To confirm these findings in humans, we performed an in silico analysis of publicly available microarray data from liver specimens from children with BA, with the hypothesis that the TGF-β pathway would be dysregulated...

Management and outcomes for children with acute appendicitis differ by hospital type: areas for improvement at public hospitals

..We noted many of our patients were without significant OSA, despite being obese. We reviewed our experience with screening polysomnography (PSG) to determine any predictive variables or complications...

Recent national trends in the use of adolescent inpatient bariatric surgery: 2000 through 2009

..The impact of ethno-demographic changes on ECMO outcomes has not been fully examined. We evaluated the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry over a 21-y period to understand these trends...

A reinforced suture line prevents recurrence after fundoplication in patients with familial dysautonomia

Evan P NadlerDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USAJ Pediatr Surg 42:653-6. 2007

..We reviewed our results with adaptations to the Nissen fundoplication to determine which would be most effective in preventing the need for reoperation...

Evan P NadlerDivision of Pediatric Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USAJ Pediatr Surg 42:137-41; discussion 141-2. 2007

..Therefore, our center has been using laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) to treat adolescents with morbid obesity. This analysis is a report of our short-term results in our first 53 patients...

An appendiceal leiomyoma in a child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Elliot SambolDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, 530 First Avenue, Suite 10 W, New York, NY 10016, USAPediatr Surg Int 22:865-8. 2006

..Our report suggests that smooth muscle tumors of the appendix be included in the differential diagnosis of abdominal masses in children with AIDS...

..Laparoscopic splenectomy is being performed more commonly in children, although its advantages are not clear. We sought to determine whether laparoscopic splenectomy was superior to open splenectomy...